# Doing Philosophy  ## Metadata - Author: [[Timothy Williamson]] - Full Title: Doing Philosophy - Category: #books - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Philosophy and science can work together, as both rely on rigorous methods to explore complex questions, even if philosophy is not yet a fully mature science like mathematics. Testing philosophical theories against common-sense knowledge is reasonable, and challenging those ideas is essential for growth. Ultimately, both fields require careful consideration and the acknowledgment that error is part of the search for truth. - Source File: Doing Philosophy by Timothy Williamson 2018.epub ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > In my view, the supposed opposition between philosophy and science assumes an overly narrow, one-size-fits-all conception of science. After all, mathematics is just as scientific as natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and biology, all of which constantly rely on it, yet mathematicians don’t do experiments. Like philosophers, they can work by thinking in an armchair. This book explains how the methods philosophers use are the appropriate scientific methods for answering their questions, which are questions of the traditional ambitious kind. Like mathematics, philosophy is a non-natural science. Unlike mathematics, it is not yet a fully mature science. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01k3706z0kvdj7j7wbhefjg7xg))